Randy Newman
Biography
Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, composer, and arranger. Born in Los Angeles to an extended family of Hollywood film composers, he is known for his Americana-inspired songs, non-rhotic Southern-accented singing, and lyrics that are often mordant or satirical and delivered by an unreliable narrator. Since the 1990s, he has worked mainly in film scoring, most popularly for Disney and Pixar. Newman began his professional career in the early 1960s composing incidental music for television and later penning UK hits for acts such as Cilla Black, Gene Pitney, and the Alan Price Set. After he formed part of a creative circle at Warner Bros. Records in 1966, the company released his first solo album, Randy Newman (1968). Other artists subsequently enjoyed chart success with recordings of his songs "Mama Told Me Not to Come" (1967), "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (1968), and "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (1972). His own hits as a recording artist include "Short People" (1977), "I Love L.A." (1983), and "You've Got a Friend in Me" (1995). Three of his eleven studio albums have charted in the U.S. top 40: Good Old Boys (1974), Little Criminals (1977), and Harps and Angels (2008). Newman has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards (out of 22 nominations), three Emmys, seven Grammy Awards as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award and seven Golden Globe Awards. His award-winning film work includes Ragtime (1981), The Natural (1984), Toy Story (1995), A Bug's Life (1998), Pleasantville (1998), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Cars (2006), The Princess and the Frog (2009), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Marriage Story (2019). He was honored with the Recording Academy's Governors Award in 2003, a Disney Legend award in 2007,[5][6] and inductions into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. Description above from the Wikipedia article Randy Newman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Colbert Report
2005
The Colbert Report
2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Hacks
2021
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Musical Guest · 2015
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest · 1975
The Colbert Report
· 2005
The Colbert Report
as Self (uncredited) · 2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest · 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
· 1992
Hacks
as Randy Newman · 2021
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Randy Newman · 1996
Later... with Jools Holland
· 1992
Everything Everywhere All at Once
as Raccacoonie (voice) (uncredited) · 2022
Ally McBeal
as Randy Newman · 1997
The Princess and the Frog
as Cousin Randy (voice) · 2009
Miss USA
as Self - Entertainment · 1963
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
The Midnight Special
as Self · 1972
Rock Concert
as Self · 1973
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
as Self - Musical Guest · 2025
The BRIT Awards
as Self · 1977
Hamburg Journal
as self · 2011
Tall Tales & Legends
as Narrator (voice) · 1985
¡Three Amigos!
as Singing Bush (voice) · 1986
The Pixar Story
as Self · 2007
Hollywood in Vienna
as Self · 2011
Score: A Film Music Documentary
as Self · 2017
The Making of Toy Story
as Self · 1995
Monty and the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
as Self · 2009
Bobbie Gentry
as Self · 1968
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
as Self · 1996
Geared-Up
· 2006
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
as Self · 2015
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self · 2005
Popular Voices at the BBC
as Self (archive footage) · 2017
For Our Children
as Self · 1993
The Hollywood Soundtrack Story
as Self - Host · 1995
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
as Self · 1987
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
as Self · 2010
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Self · 2005
The Last Critic
· 2026
Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
as Self · 2016
All About Alfred
as Self
All You Need Is Klaus
as Self · 2011
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
as Self · 2008
Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul
as Self · 2017
Van Dyke Parks: An Obsession with Music
as Self · 2002
Randy Newman: Live at the Odeon
as Self · 1982
Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess
as Self · 2010
Lyle Lovett - In Concert
as Himself · 2007
I Am, Unfortunately, Randy Newman
· 2003
Darlin' Clementine
as Narrator (voice) · 1986
Prince: Musical Portrait
as Self · 1989
Land of Dreams - Randy Newman's America
as Self · 1994
Randy Newman: Live in London
as Himself · 2010
Randy Newman: Live in Germany 2006
as Vocals / Piano · 2013
Randy Newman at Baloise Session
as Self · 2015